State mining giant wins prestigious national workplace management honour
Odisha Mining Corporation Ltd. (OMC) recently secured massive national recognition by taking home the highly respected OMC Golden Peacock Award. Officials announced this prestigious victory during the recent 20th International Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility hosted in Mumbai. Bestowed by the esteemed Institute of Directors, this top-tier honor highlights the state-run company's outstanding workplace achievements within the demanding mining and metallurgy sector. Judges specifically praised their highly structured employee management frameworks, transparent policies, and continuous dedication to building a resilient organizational culture.
Providing steady livelihoods for more than 31,000 individuals through direct and indirect channels makes this enterprise a crucial pillar of regional economic growth for Odisha. Management has heavily invested in their people by rolling out robust digital HR platforms and modernizing their performance evaluation systems to ensure fairness.
Staff members routinely benefit from upgraded skill development programs and highly organized training sessions designed to keep them competitive in a rapidly changing industry. These proactive human resource strategies ultimately caught the attention of the Institute of Directors and secured them this HR Excellence Award 2026.
Winning major workplace awards is merely one piece of their current success story. Throughout the 2024-25 fiscal year, the state mining powerhouse shattered previous output records by extracting an impressive 40.19 million tonnes of material. Hitting such massive production milestones often brings heightened operational risks, yet leadership maintained an unwavering focus on worker protection.
Safeguarding miner health remains a core operational value across all active extraction sites. Comprehensive on-site medical monitoring, enhanced employee wellbeing initiatives, and strict adherence to international safety protocols resulted in an incredible milestone of zero workplace fatalities this year. This pristine safety record clearly proves that expanding heavy industrial operations does not have to come at the cost of human lives. Ultimately, bringing home the OMC Golden Peacock Award solidifies their well-earned reputation as a forward-thinking public sector unit that truly values its people just as much as its impressive financial profits.
